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This episode is brought to you by Gut Food, Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and Beekeeper’s Natural. As humans, we’re natural storytellers. We like telling our friends the funny thing that happened at work, but we’re also really good at making up stories about things that happen in life and applying them to our identity and worldview. We can start believing these stories all too easily. But, they’re actually just stories! And we have a choice about what we believe and how we create our reality.  I’m so excited to share this conversation I recently had with my good friend Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, all about cultivating greater health and happiness by breaking down the barriers we’ve put up in our own minds.  Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK. Host of the #1 Apple podcast, Feel Better, Live More, and presenter of BBC 1’s Doctor in the House, Dr. Chatterjee is the author of 5 Sunday Times bestselling books and his TED Talk, “How to Make Diseases Disappear,” has now been viewed over 4.8 million times. His newest book is Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Well-Being. This episode is brought to you by Gut Food, Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and Beekeeper’s Natural. ​​Gut Food uses the power of three critical gut-supporting components—prebiotics, probiotics, and polyphenols—and five ingredients at clinically validated dosages to help reduce inflammation, support the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, improve digestion and bloating, and support mood & energy. Check it out at gutfood.com. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Go to magbreakthrough.com/hyman and use code hyman10 at checkout for 10% off your next order of BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough. Beekeeper’s Natural have created a B.Fueled Bee Pollen and B.Powered Superfood honey that I’ve been loving. Head over to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and use code HYMAN for 25% off. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  The three pillars of core happiness (7:35 / 3:13) What we can learn from Holocaust survivors about happiness (10:58 / 7:06)  Using moments of social friction to your own benefit (14:42 / 11:00)  How happiness affects our health (20:28 / 16:22)  The connection between illness and forgiveness (29:28 / 23:50)  How your brain reacts when you’re triggered (34:29 / 29:14) Training your brain for happiness (36:12 / 30:16)  Dr. Chatterjee’s morning routine (42:58 / 37:19)  How your inner voice is affecting your happiness and health (46:20 / 41:32)  Toxic positivity and happiness in the midst of grief and loss (1:02:59 / 57:22)  Get a copy of Dr. Chatterjee’s new book, Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Well-Being, here.

22 Juni 20221h 17min

The gut microbiome plays a role in every disease, so why aren’t we doing more to protect and restore it? One third to one half of all Americans have gut issues due to the constant consumption of industrialized foods, glyphosate, food additives, and more. This is a problem—and it’s time for us to take action. In this episode of my Masterclass series, the first in a series on gut health, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the importance of polyphenols for our gut health. We also discuss my gut-health journey, which led me to dig deep into understanding the value of a healthy gut and diverse microbiome, and how to get there. Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and InsideTracker.   You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.   Join Thrive Market today at thrivemarket.com/hyman to receive an extra $80 of free groceries off with your first order.   Right now, InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The number-one thing that causes gut issues (3:57 / 1:28) Why are we in this mess? (5:08 / 2:37) My gut-health journey (12:29 / 9:43) What the research shows us about polyphenols (18:50 / 15:45) Compounds and phytochemicals in food that act like medicine (28:14 / 23:44) Two things that change a microbiome for the better (35:06 / 30:31) The best foods to incorporate into our diets (39:57 / 35:18) Zonulin and how it contributes to a leaky gut (51:11 / 45:55) Prebiotics, probiotics, and polyphenols found in Gut Food (1:02:38 / 57:58) The importance of powerful polyphenols (1:12:25 / 1:06:42) Mentioned in this episode: Therapeutic Potential of Rosmarinic Acid: A Comprehensive Review Gut Food Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor, or other qualified medical professional. You should always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or homeopathic supplement, or adopting any treatment for a health problem. The use of Gut Food or any other products or services purchased by you as a result of this podcast does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and any of the physicians affiliated with this podcast. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

20 Juni 20221h 19min

This episode is brought to you by Mitopure and Levels.   Skin problems like acne, psoriasis, and eczema are often treated with over-the-counter lotions, creams, and potions or even with antibiotics. But while these options may reduce symptoms temporarily, they don't get to the root cause of the problem. In Functional Medicine, we dig deep to determine the underlying cause of skin issues, which often originate in the gut—treat the gut, and the skin clears up. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Dhru Purohit, and Dr. Todd LePine about the pathophysiology of acne, why diet matters for skin health, and how gut health is related to skin health.   Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.   Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset. Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is board certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires and is a fitness enthusiast.   This episode is brought to you by Mitopure and Levels. Mitopure is the first and only clinically tested, pure form of a natural gut metabolite called urolithin A that clears damaged mitochondria away from our cells and supports the growth of new, healthy mitochondria. Get 10% off at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. By leveraging biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), Levels provides real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Learn more about Levels by going to levels.link/HYMAN. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Elizabeth Boham Masterclass with Dhru Purohit Dr. Todd LePine

17 Juni 202254min

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, HigherDOSE, and Rupa Health. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing episodes from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. We’ve covered how to optimize hormones, eat intentionally, increase and preserve brain function, and create healthy habits—all to help you live as well as possible for as long as possible.  Today, we’re going to help you bring it all together. Most diseases of aging are starting younger and younger. So whether you’re in your 20s, 40s, 60s, or beyond, it’s never too late to prevent and even reverse the process we’ve come to call aging. Along with my colleagues Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Todd LePine, we’ll review the key takeaways you can start using right away to optimize your health for your specific phase of life.  To get all of my longevity tips, sign up for my weekly Longevity newsletter at drhyman.com/longevity. This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, HigherDOSE, and Rupa Health. ​​InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Get your own Infrared Sauna Blanket at HigherDOSE.com today and use my exclusive promo code FARMACY15 at check out to save 15% off, or just go to higherdose.com/hyman to get your 15% off today. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  How to optimize health at every age and stage of life (5:20 / 1:44)  Supporting your gut health as you age (7:43 / 4:08)  The gut microbiome and its impact on cancer risk (12:03 / 8:30)  Diagnostic testing to determine where you are on the aging spectrum (16:13 / 12:40)  Making your body an unwelcome place for cancer growth (26:40 / 22:40)  Assessing thyroid and overall hormone health (29:12 / 24:19)  Assessing memory, cognitive function, and overall brain health (33:27 / 28:34) The importance of identifying your “why” for achieving optimal health and longevity (40:23 / 35:33)

15 Juni 202244min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker. ​​What you eat literally controls almost every function of your body and mind. Food connects us to one another and to our bodies. At the same time, what we eat is only one “ingredient” needed to make a healthy human. We need real, whole, fresh food, but we also need things like movement, connection, meaning, and purpose. When you take out the bad stuff and put in the good stuff, you create balance. Your body knows how to create health from those ingredients. In this episode, I feature an in-depth discussion on the importance of community, mindset, and optimism when it comes to increasing our healthspan from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician. In this conversation we also delve into the fascinating topic of innovative anti-aging therapies based on the newest longevity research.  To get all of my longevity tips, sign up for my weekly Longevity newsletter at drhyman.com/longevity. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.  Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  The commonalities between communities with the longest-lived, healthy people (4:13 / 1:06)  The importance of your mindset as it relates to your health and gene expression (11:12 / 8:02)  Mobility and health (14:39 / 11:28) Exercising for longevity (17:29 / 12:50)  Understanding our body’s natural rhythms (18:21 / 15:16)   Optimizing sleep (22:13 / 16:57) Emerging therapies for health and longevity (27:04 / 22:16) Keeping our mitochondria young (36:53 / 31:37)  How small stressors to our body can be good for us (40:01 / 34:54)  The foundational pillars of health (43:49 / 38:33)

13 Juni 202247min

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and ButcherBox.   Experiencing feelings of grief is a natural part of the human experience. While it can be difficult to sit with hard feelings such as grief, avoiding our emotions only makes them louder. Through practice, we can learn to accept our feelings in the moment. We can work to break the pattern of being at war with the present moment and let our feelings come and go as needed.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Joan Rosenberg, Susan David, and Tara Brach about situations that prompt grief, why facing our emotions is healthier than bottling them up, and how to accept difficult emotions.   Dr. Joan Rosenberg is a cutting-edge psychologist who is known as an innovative thinker, acclaimed speaker, and trainer. A California-licensed psychologist, Dr. Rosenberg speaks on how to build confidence, emotional strength, and resilience; achieving emotional, conversational, and relationship mastery; integrating neuroscience and psychotherapy; and suicide prevention. She is the author of 90 Seconds to a Life You Love: How to Master Your Difficult Feelings to Cultivate Lasting Confidence, Resilience, and Authenticity.   Susan David, PhD, is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her book, Emotional Agility, describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Susan’s TED Talk on the topic went viral, with over 1 million views in its first week of release. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal and a frequent guest on national radio and television. Susan is the CEO of Evidence Based Psychology, on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, a cofounder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate), and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Thrive Global and Virgin Pulse.   Tara Brach holds a PhD in clinical psychology and teaches meditation internationally. Founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW), Tara is the author of the bestsellers Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion, True Refuge, and her latest book, Trusting the Gold. Tara’s weekly podcasts are downloaded over 2 million times each month.    This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and ButcherBox. AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of sustainably caught, wild Alaskan salmon in your first box for free. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Joan Rosenberg Susan David Tara Brach

10 Juni 202258min

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Cozy Earth, and InsideTracker. Our bodies are literally made out of the food we eat. So ask yourself, do you want to be a twinkie or a raspberry? Real, whole foods contain information in the form of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, protein, phytonutrients, and fiber. These compounds impact every node of the Functional Medicine matrix, like our vascular and immune systems, detox and energy pathways, microbiome, and everything in between.  That’s why food is our most powerful tool for getting our healthspan to match our lifespan. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, we’re featuring an episode of The Longevity Roadmap docu-series devoted to using the power of food for optimal health and longevity. I’m joined by my colleagues from The UltraWellness Center, Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Todd LePine. To get all of my longevity tips, sign up for my weekly Longevity newsletter at drhyman.com/longevity. This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Cozy Earth, and InsideTracker. BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough formula contains seven different forms of magnesium, all of which have different functions in the body. Go to magbreakthrough.com/hyman and use code hyman10 at checkout for 10% off your next order. Cozy Earth makes the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  The biggest factor controlling your genes (6:01 / 1:08)  The origins of the Pegan diet (8:49 / 5:50)  What not to eat (11:13 / 8:00) What I eat on a typical day (12:27 / 9:18)  Why all carbohydrates are not equal (15:52 / 12:41)  Determining the right amount of carbohydrates and protein for you (20:13 / 17:40)  The elimination diet (26:39 / 21:40)  Foods that enhance our stem cells, repair DNA damage, and improve immune system functionality (31:07 / 26:10)  Activating your body’s healing mechanisms through stress, or hormesis (34:14 / 29:30)  How to eat for health (36:43 / 31:40)

8 Juni 202241min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and Vuori. Losing our memories and the things that define us is one of the scariest things someone can face. Preserving, supporting, and even strengthening brain function is crucial to optimal aging. This is why, in today’s episode, we explore the underlying cause of brain dysfunction, the fascinating link between your gut and your brain, and steps you can take to keep your brain in tip-top shape. You’ll learn how to prevent cognitive decline and optimize your brain function.  In this episode, I’ll be featuring an in-depth discussion on brain health from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician. To get all of my longevity tips, sign up for my weekly Longevity newsletter at drhyman.com/longevity. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and Vuori. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Paleovalley is offering my listeners 15% off their entire first order. Just go to paleovalley.com/hyman to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal. It’s the perfect time to upgrade your wardrobe! Vuori is offering my community 20% off your first purchase. Just head over to vuori.com/farmacy to claim this deal. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  Why scientists are now referring to Alzheimer’s as type 3 diabetes (5:00 / 2:18)   Fixing your brain starts with fixing your body (6:41 / 4:00)  What’s happening in your brain in your 30s and 40s? (8:06 / 5:20)  The first place to start to avoid early cognitive decline (9:32 / 6:50)  Assessing and addressing genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions (12:19 / 9:33) Supporting memory with lifestyle and diet (16:07 / 11:00)  Shifting our thinking on dementia and longevity (21:41 / 17:20)  The top things that damage our brains (24:40 / 20:20)  Improving brain function with nootropics (29:50 / 25:27)  The mind-body connection (35:40 / 31:18)

6 Juni 202239min